●__The Networked Teacher__ - Increasingly more teachers are developing rich personal learning networks (PLNs) through the use of social media (sometimes called__Web 2.0__ __tools__).
●__PLE Diagrams__ - Scott Leslie has compiled comprehensive list of individuals who have visualized their personal learning environme
●nts.
●__What Does the Network Mean to You?__ - I asked the question of my network, "what does the network mean to you?". As a result, dozens of people responded via __Voicethread__ (through text, audio, video) to explain their thoughts on networked learning and professional development.
Towards Digital Fluency (Resources)
Contact:
Dr. Alec Couros
__couros@gmail.com__
@courosa
skype: aleccouros
__youtube.com/courosa__
Links to today’s __Keynote Presentation (HUGE file)__, __Slideshare Version__, __PDF Version__.
In case of connection problems, this page is also available at:
__http://couros.wikispaces.com/rdcrs12__
Links in Order of Appearance:
●__About.me__ - Personal identity launch page.
●__‘bff Jill’__ - Cingular txting advertisement.
●__Mobile Internet__ - Stats from Morgan Stanley.
●__Amazon__ - Kindle now selling more eBooks than print books.
●__(Critical History) of ICT__ - by Teemu Leinonen
●__Horizon Report__ - 2011 K12 Edition
●__Dear Sophie__ - Google Chrome Commercial
●__Digital Birth__ - Article.
●__Digital Native: Myth & Reality__ - Article by Selwyn.
●__Visitors vs. Residents__ - Dave White’s presentation on Residents/Visitors.
●__Libraries for a Post-Literate Society__ - Article by Johnson
●__Texts & Tweets: Myths & Realities__ - Video with David Crystal
●__Framework for Student Learning__ - From Alberta Ed.
●__The Computer Clubhouse__ - Article by Resnick et. al.
●__Difference Between Digital Literacy & Digital Fluency__ - Article from C. Briggs.
●__21st Century Framework__ - from the NCTE
●__Wordpress.com__ - Hosted blogging space.
●__Wikispaces.com__ - Hosted wiki space.
●__Tumblr__ - Easy blogging.
●__Posterous__ - Easy blogging and other spaces.
●__Twitter__ - The kind of microblogging.
●__Yammer__ - Institutional, private microblogging.
●__Edmodo__ - Twitter-like school learning environment.
●__Delicious__ - Popular social bookmarking tool.
●__Diigo__ - Advanced social bookmarking tool.
●__Dropbox__ - Excellent cloud storage service.
●__Evernote__ - Cloud/desktop notetaking tool
●__Mendeley__ - Advanced reference/research management.
●__Google Docs__ - Cloud-based productivity suite.
●__Youtube Edu__ - Youtube’s Education channel.
●__Flickr__ - Most popular photo-sharing tool.
●__Instagram__ - Trendy mobile, photo-sharing site.
●__Facebook__ - World’s most popular social networking service.
●__Google Plus__ - Google’s answer to Facebook.
●__LinkedIn__ - Professional social networking service.
●__Scoop.it__ - Popular social curation site.
●__Storify__ - Make sense and capture social media happenings.
●__Pinterest__ - Popular new online pinboard.
●__Pearltrees__ - Sophisticated social curation service.
●__‘Welcome to my PLE’__ - 7th grade shows off her PLE & workflow.
●__Naheed Nenshi & Social Media__ - Social Media Analysis of Naheed Nenshi’s campaign.
●__Trip Advisor__ - Popular hotel rating site.
●__CouchSurfing__ - Find or lend a couch.
●__Dear Photograph__ - Great example of a social-sharing project.
●__Reddit’s Astonishing Altruism__ - Examples of good things Reddit has done.
●__Where Good Ideas Come From__ - RSA Video of Stephen Johnson’s Book.
●__Rise of the New Groupthink__ - NYTimes article on perils of group mindedness.
●__PS22 Chorus__ - Remarkable elementary school choir.
●__Beyond Friending__ - Article by Gold.
●__Help with Bowdrill Set__ - Video example of networked learning.
●__Writing Prompts for Teacher Candidates__ - Story of a collaborative document.
●__Virtual Choir__ - Eric Whitacre’s amazing project.
●__Johnny Cash Project__ - Collaborative art/music project.
●__Star Wars Uncut__ - Emmy winning collaborative video project.
●__Math Class Needs a Makeover__ - Dan Meyers TEDx Talk.
●__The Learning Project__ - Dean Shareski’s Guitar Project.
●__Dean’s Guitar Lessons__ - Students teaching Dean how to play guitar.
●__The Networked Teacher Diagram__ - Model for a networked educator/learner.
●__Samsung’s Smart Window__ - Recently released at the CES.
●__Paradox of Choice__ - Barry Schwartz’s TED Talk on the subject.
●__Creative Commons__ - Amazing resource, and one that you can add to.
●__Khan Academy__ - Over 2700 educational videos.
●__Maria Aragon__ - Winnipeg girl that found fame on the Internet.
●__Biebs__ - Justin Bieber’s Google Chrome Commercial.
●__Charlie Bit My Finger__ - One of the most viewed videos of all time.
●__Star Wars Kid__ - Story about the biggest cyberbullying stories of all time.
●__PublicShamingEternus__ - Public shaming site set up after the Vancouver riots.
●__Nathan Kotylak__ - Elite athlete, honor roll student, makes a very bad decision.
●__Did the Internet Kill Privacy__ - Story of Ashley Payne, FB’ing teacher that lost her job.
●__Best Job in the World__ - Description of the Island Caretaker job.
●__Saskatchewanderer Disqualifed__ - Young man loses chanced at job for swearing.
●__Digital Portfolio Project__ - Parkland SD’s District-Wide Portfolio initiative.
●__184 Days of Learning__ - Celebrating learning, one day at a time.
Other Resources:
Standards/Background:
●__The Typical Teacher Network__ - This diagram attempts to visualize the typical network
of teachers.
●__The Networked Teacher__ - Increasingly more teachers are developing rich personal
learning networks (PLNs) through the use of social media (sometimes called__Web 2.0__
__tools__).
●__PLE Diagrams__ - Scott Leslie has compiled comprehensive list of individuals who have
visualized their personal learning environme
●nts.
●__What Does the Network Mean to You?__ - I asked the question of my network, "what
does the network mean to you?". As a result, dozens of people responded via
__Voicethread__ (through text, audio, video) to explain their thoughts on networked learning
and professional development.
●__ISTE/NETS Student Standards__
●__ISTE/NETS Teacher Standards__
●__NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies__
●__2011 Horizon Report__
Examples and Information About Open Courses
●__Social Media & Open Education__ (#eci831)
●__Call for Networked Mentors__ (#eci831)
●__Call for Networked Mentors - Follow-Up__ (#eci831)
●__CCK08/09__
●__Personal Learning Environments Networks & Knowledge (PLENK)__
●__What is a MOOC__ (video)
●__Success in a MOOC__ (video)
●__Knowledge in a MOOC__ (video)
●__Digital Storytelling__ (#ds106)
●__CCK11 - Week 6 Readings__
21st Century Learning in Practice (videos):
●__Welcome to my PLE__ (video)__Enable screen reader__
●Why are some users anonymous?__Learn more__
●__The Networked Student__ (video))
Communication/Networking Tools & Tutorials
●__Twitter__
●__Twitter for Teachers__ (list of tweeps in various categories)
○__Twitter for Teachers__ (another wiki with tools & resources)
○__Twitter Handbook for Teachers__ (online document with tools & tips)
○__Tweetdeck__ (most popular Twitter client, software download)
○__HootSuite__ (another Twitter client, web-based)
○__MapMyFollowers__ (easily map the range of your network)
○__List of Educational Hashtags__ (from Cybraryman)
●__Wordpress.com__ (a simple and free, hosted, blogging platform)
●__Wordpress.org__ (where you can get Wordpress software if you want to host it yourself)
●__Kidblog.org__ (Wordpress-based tool for hosting & managing student blogs easily)
●__Weebly__ (easy to use website creator and blogging tool)
●__Wix__ (free and easy, Flash website creator)
●__Edmodo__ (easy but powerful, classroom social networking)
●__Wikispaces__ (one of the most popular wiki tools, adfree for educators)
●__PBWorks__ (another popular wiki tool)
●__LinkedIn__ (important, career-based social networking tool)
●__Schoology__ (free learning management system, course communication/creation tool)
●__Posterous__ (very easy blogging/communication tool)
●__Tumblr__ (media-friendly blog platform)
●__Skype__ (most popular video/audio conferencing tool)
●__join.me__ (video/audio conferencing tool)
●__Tokbox__ (similar to skype but nothing to install, free for videoconferencing)
●__Chatzy__ (free private chat rooms)
●__TinyChat__ (live video chat rooms - beware of some inappropriate content)
●__Today’s Meet__ (easy to setup chat w/ tags)
●__WizIQ__ (virtual classroom for online teaching and learning)
Productivity & Collaboration Tools
●Google (__Gmail__, __Docs__, __Calendar__, __Sites__, __Reader__, __iGoogle__, __Trends__, __Analytics__, __Adsense__,
__Others__)
●__Open Office__ (Free alternatives to Microsoft Office)
●__Dropbox__ (free storage & cloud syncing)
○__AirDropper__ (works w/ Dropbox to extend functionality) - similar, __DropItToMe__
○__The Ultimate Dropbox & Toolkit Guide__ (great guide with many useful tips)
●__Evernote__ (a great notetaking tool) - __EverNote Webclipper__ add-on recommended
●__Delicious__ (the standard for social bookmarking)
●__Diigo__ (advanced social bookmarking)
●__Instapaper__ (simple tool to save web pages for reading later)
●__Scribd__ (easy document hosting & management tool)
●__Learnboost__ (online grade management tool)
●__MapAList__ (create and manage address-linked maps)
Screencasting, Video, Photos, Audio
●__Jing__ (free software for screencasting and image capture)
●__Screenr__ (free, web-based software for creating screencasts)
●__Animoto__ (easy way to create engaging videos from your imagery)
●__Flickr__ (popular photo-sharing site, great for finding copyleft images)
●__Aviary__ (popular media-editing suite)
●__Jaycut__ (free video editing)
●__Handbrake__ (rip and pull DVDs (Mac)
●__KeepVid__ (download videos from Youtube & other sources)
●__Zamzar__ (online file conversion)
●__Lightworks__ (free video editing software for Windows)
●__PhotoStory 3__ (story maker for Windows)
●__One True Media__ (create slideshows and share)
●__Soundcloud__ (audio hosting & embedding)
●__uStream__ (free live video streaming)
●__LiveStream__ (another free livestreaming service)
●__Blip.fm__ (social music service)
●__GrooveShark__ (social music service, allows shared playlists)
●__fd’s Flickr Toys__ (number of ‘toys’ for your images)
Presentation Tools
●__Prezi__ (popular alternative to Powerpoint)
●__Slideshare__ (great way to host slide decks & create screencasts)
●__Glogster__ (alternative presentation format tool)
●__280Slides__ (similar to Powerpoint, but online)
●__SlideRocket__ (another popular Powerpoint alternative)
●__PhotoPeach__ (easy, sharable slideshows)
●__Wordle__ (easy way to create word clouds)
●__Tagul__ (another way to create word clouds)
●__Stupeflix__ (another slideshow creation tool)
●__Dipity__ (timeline creation tool)
●__Voki__ (creating talking avatars)
●__Xtranormal__ (create movies via text)
●__GoAnimate__ (create cartoons and animations easily)
●__Voicethread__ (create interactive presentations)
●__VuVox__ (create great presentations)
Collaborating Thinking/Writing Tools
●__Quora__ (post questions & answers)
●__Dabbleboard__ (online whiteboard)
●__Skrbl__ (Super-easy whiteboard)
●__TypeWithMe__ (multi-author document creator)
●__Mind42__ (collaborative mindmapping tool)
●__Webspiration__ (collaborative mind-mapping tool)
Referencing/Attribution Tools
●__BibMe__ (online referencing tool)
●__EasyBib__ (another online referencing tool)
●__Plagium__ (plagiarism detection)
●__Zotero__ (great research tool for organization, citation, bibliographies)
●__Mendeley__ (a free reference manager and academic social network)
Polls & Surveys
●__Doodle__ (easy scheduling tool)
●__PollEverywhere__ (polling tool)
●__Polldaddy__ (survey software)
●__Google forms__ (surveys)
Aggregators
●__Netvibes__ (personal, dashboard-like aggregator)
●__Symbaloo__ (another popular dashboard-like aggregator)
●__Weblist.me__ (easy way to quickly share links with visual interface- great for elementary)
●__Feedly__ (Browser plugin to aggregate RSS magazine-style)
Media Resources
●__Creative Commons__ (find & license copyleft material)
●__mgur.com__ (Quick and __i__Easy Image Hosting site)
●__CompFight__ (interface for Flickr photo search)
●__Behold__ (returns high quality flickr images, pictures “like” search)
●__FlickrStorm__ (another interface for search Flickr)
●__MorgueFile__ (public image archive)
●__CCMixter__ (a community music site)
●__Internet Archive__ (ultimate source for public domain and copyleft media)
●__The Open Video Project__ (community around shared video clips)
●__Wylio.com__ - Free embeddable images with citation
More Resource Lists to Explore
●__Toolkit A-Z__(alphabetized resource list)
●__50 Ways to Tell a Story__ (great resource from Alan Levine)
●__TeachWeb__ (great resource from Wendy Drexler)
●__Web 2.0 Tools__ (great resource from CybraryMan - also see __this__)